Written by

Jeff Matthews
jmatthews@thetowntalk.com

Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief budget adviser said Monday the administration will continue on course to privatize Louisiana's public hospitals, despite a recent federal rejection of those plans.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected financing plans for most of the privatization deals last week. A pending deal to transition services from Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville to local hospitals Christus St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center and Rapides Regional Medical Center was not addressed in the CMS ruling.